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The Second Circuit's Differential Civil Case Management order (AO 2024-08, effective January 1, 2025; Second Amendment effective October 1, 2025) sets firm disposition timelines: Civil Circuit jury trial cases must be resolved within 18 months, and Civil Circuit non-jury and Civil County cases within 12 months. The order includes a case-management order the plaintiff must serve at the beginning of the case, with deadlines the court states will be strictly enforced.
All civil cases, all six counties (Leon, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Liberty, Wakulla). The underlying AO 2024-08 Second Amendment PDF is image-only (no text layer, sha256 88586a5c…); the disposition timelines and at-filing requirement are quoted from the court's rendered civilCaseManagement.php page.
The New AO requires Civil Circuit jury trial cases to be resolved within 18 months, and Civil Circuit non-jury trial and Civil County cases to be resolved within 12 months. … The AO also includes a case management order that must be served by Plaintiff at the beginning of the case, with other deadlines and will be strictly enforced.
Quoted verbatim from the rendered page (sha256 0135bfe0…, re-verified live 2026-07-24).
Parties in dissolution and most family financial cases must exchange a financial affidavit and specified financial documents within 45 days of service of the initial pleading, file a certificate of compliance, and supplement as circumstances change.
Small claims cases (up to $8,000) begin with a mandatory pretrial conference where the court narrows issues and typically orders mediation. Failure to appear can result in default or dismissal.
CV-E runs a structured 150-day case management conference track with published CMO templates for jury, non-jury, and complex settings, plus a projected-vs-actual trial period system and 2026–2027 published trial calendars.